• Ahmadinejad says he will meet with Jewish, Christian leaders in New York and representatives of the U.S. Muslim community.
  • Iranian foreign ministry complains that not everyone in Ahmadinejad’s entourage has received U.S. visa.
  • Iran, IAEA hold talks on P1, P2 centrifuges.
  • Iran again belittles UN sanctions as ineffective.
  • Iran complains sanctions undercuts airline safety.
  • CENTCOM commander Fallon undercuts diplomatic pressure on Iran.
  • Iran’s official paper headlines CENTCOM commander Fallon ruling out any military action against Iran.
  • Iran claims to manufacture radar-evading drones.
  • Iraqi President Jalal Talabani protests U.S. arrest of Iranian Qods Force operative.
  • Foreign Ministry spokesman says Iran has enough deterrence to ward off any attack.
  • Ahmadinejad, in telephone call to Hamas leader, endorses terrorism, and promises that it is a divine promise that Jerusalem will be liberated from the Jews.
  • Scandal over press reports that “Zionist regime” helped Iran identify victims of Thai airline crash.
  • Ayatollah Fadhlallah on Rice’s proposed peace conference: “the US and the illegal Zionist entity were pursuing sinister goals under pretext of holding a so-called international Middle East peace conference.”
  • Head of Parliament’s Budget and Planning Committee: Gas exports give Iran greater international influence.
  • Iranian motorists will be allowed to purchase, one time only, an additional 100 liters to supplement their monthly gasoline ration.
  • Labor crackdown continues.
  • Teachers who participated in labor protest have their salary reduced.
  • Mansour Osanlou, Iran’s Lech Walesa, in prison 75 day so far for trying to unionize bus drivers.
  • Bush, Rice have yet to issue any comment on Osanlou.
  • Photos of the Day: Military parade. Here, here, and here.